Teach Critical Thinking: Strategies for Secondary Students

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How to Teach Critical Thinking General Capability - Secondary

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Course welcome

Introduction

Set some learning goals

Why think critically?

The importance of critical thinking

Non-critical thinkers

How to teach critical thinking

Challenging our own beliefs

Incongruence

Reflection

What is a logical fallacy?

Confirmation bias

How to avoid it

Correlation vs. causation

How to avoid it

Anecdotal evidence

Hasty generalisations

Other examples

Cherry picking

Other examples

Burden of proof

Reflection

Other fallacies

Remember...

How do you know what's true?

Predatory journals

Case study: learning styles

What can we do about this as critical thinkers?

Other examples

How to model critical thinking for your students

Questions to encourage critical thinking

Cool lessons

Would you rather...?

Continuum (Secondary)

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

Taxonomy of learning

Suggestions for collaboration

Congratulations

Course designer

Adam van Langenberg

Community

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Adam van Langenberg

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How to Teach Critical Thinking General Capability - Secondary

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This course empowers secondary teachers to cultivate critical thinking. Explore your own biases, become a more effective critical thinker, and gain practical strategies to help students discern fact from fiction, fostering essential analytical skills for academic success and beyond.